Game #4670
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 7 August 2001


Drew
Final
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Intertoto Cup Final
FC Basel
St Jakob Park, Basel
Attendance: 25,879
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
FC Basel
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 7 August 2001
🕒 | HT FC Basel 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Merson
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-1, (FC Basel), Christian Giménez
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Alan Wright
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Steve Stone
🟨 | 76’ Booking, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT FC Basel 1-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 7 August 2001
Villa secure an away goal in the first leg of the Intertoto Final in Switzerland to leave them one win away from UEFA Cup qualification.
Villa face FC Basel for the first time in competitive football, Basel become the 146th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 30th continental European opponents and their first from Switzerland.
Paul Merson scores an away goal to hand Villa the advantage ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
FC Basel


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Swiss Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Swiss Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Swiss League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #5 |
Manager Game | #161 |
Tuesday, 7 August 2001
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🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Eric Romain | 🇧🇪 | 1985-2002
Kick off: 5.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 160 | 🟩 | 71 🟨 | 42 🟥 47 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Eric Romain | 🇧🇪 | 1985-2002
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Roland van Nylen | 🇧🇪 | Luc Rems | 🇧🇪 |
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Alan Wright
🟨 Darius Vassell
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa hand Mustapha Hadji his first start in place of David Ginola.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.49 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 33.41 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 20.47 |
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Christian Gross |🇨🇭|

FC Basel
GK Pascal Zuberbühler |🇨🇭|
CB Alexandre Quennoz |🇨🇭|
CB Olivier Kreuzer | 🇩🇪 |
CB Murat Yakin |🇨🇭|
M Hakan Yakin |🇨🇭| 🔁 |
M Yao Aziawonou | 🇹🇬 |
M Mario Cantaluppi |🇨🇭| 🔁 |
M Ivan Ergic | 🇷🇸 |
M Scott Chipperfield | 🇦🇺 |
CF Christian Giménez | 🇦🇷 |
CF Jean-Michel Tchouga | 🇨🇲 |
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 🟨 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Hakan Yakin |🇨🇭| (M Sébastien Barberis |🇨🇭|)
🔁 | M Mario Cantaluppi |🇨🇭| (W Carlos Varela |🇨🇭|)

🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Romain Crevoisier |🇨🇭|
RB Philipp Degen |🇨🇭|
CB Ivan Knez |🇨🇭|
M Benjamin Huggel |🇨🇭|
CF Hervé Tum | 🇨🇲 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | | 61 | 52* | 8 | 4 | 26 | 12* | 23 | - | - | 7* | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴 | | 4* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 5/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🇨🇭: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇨🇭 : 11/18
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 7 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 Basel, St Jakob Park


MATCH REPORTS









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